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No. 6|9,706. Patented Feb. l4, I899.

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- HOOK AND EYE.

(Application filed Oct. 26, 1897.) (No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC H. PAUL, JR, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I-IALFTO THOMAS ARNOLD, JR., OF SAME PLACE.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,706, dated February14, 1899. Application filed October 26 1897. Serial No. 656,40'7i (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IsAAo H. PAUL, J12, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooksand Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hooks and eyes adapted for useon corsets and all articles of like character; and it consists ofcertain details of construction to be more fully set forth in thefollowing specification.

To enable others to understand my invention, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents the device lockedand made of sheet metal and adapted for use on a corset or articles oflike character. Fig. 2 is also a view of the locked clasp, showing thehook portion forced up on the tongue of base or eye. Fig. 3 is a planview of the eye with its tongue central therewith. Fig. 4: is a sideelevation of the eye and its tongue. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the eyeand its tongue extending rearward,- representing the first operation offorming the same. Fig. 6 shows a side elevation of the hook and eyelocked together with the bill of the hook thrown under the projectingend of the tongue, a position it must necessarily occupy in order touncouple the hook from its eye. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the sheet-metalhook in its first operation of construction. Fig. Sis a plan view of thehook bent into the proper form for use. Fig. 9 is a plan view of thefirst operation of the sheet-metal eye, showing a bar across the openingfor the hook, so as to limit the inward movement of the hook when lockedto the eye, showing also a broken view of the tongue.

Its construction and operation are as follows:

The device shown at Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 is made of sheet metalboth as regards the eye and book. This device is constructed forcorset-steels, and consists of the eye 1, having the elongated opening 2to receive the hook. 3 are holes for attaching it to one of the steelsof a corset. 4 is a tongue forming part of the eye and is turned orfolded over against its upper surface. The free end of said tongueprojects beyond the retaining end 5 of said eye, and such projecting endhas a downward deflection for the purpose presently to be more fullydescribed. 6 is the hook, having the hole 7 in one end, by means ofwhich it is attached to the other of said corset-steels, and 8 is thebill portion of said hook. 9 is an elongated slot formed in the body ofsaid hook, and such slot extends also well into the bill 8. In otherWords, when the blank (shown at Fig. 7) is bent to form the bill portionit is turned over about the middle of this slot.

To connect the hook with the eye, the bill is passed through the slot 2of the eye and is forced against the under side of the tongue until itcan be drawn over the end 5, as shown at Fig. 1. This will place thetongue through the slot 9 of the hook, so that both hook and eye will befirmly locked together. Any movement of the hook and eye' toward eachother will result in the hook' simply riding up on the tongue, as shownat Fig. 2, while the end or bar 5, combined with the projecting end ofthe tongue, will effectually prevent unlocking when moved in theopposite direction. To unlock the device, the hook is dropped (see Fig.6) until the bill is below the projecting end of the tongue, whichoperation will release such end from the slot of the hook, when suchhook is simply pushed forward toward the eye and unclasped therefrom,which would be reversing the operation of engaging the hook with theeye.

15, Fig. 9, is a bar across the slot or open ing 2 of the eye to limit,if required, the inward movement of the hook.

If required, the tongue can be made separate from the eye instead ofintegral therewith, as shown, and the same riveted thereto or fastenedin any other suitable manner desired.

It will therefore be observed from the foregoing description that theprinciple of construction is applicable to various purposes where afastener can be applied, and therefore I do not wish to be limited inits use merely to a corset-clasp or book and eye.

The gist of the invention lies in the projecting tongue combined with aslot or opening in the body of the hook and its bill portion to receivesuch tongue when the clasp is fastened, which arrangement or looking to-ICO gether will elfectually prevent accidental unclasping.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a hook and eye, the base-piece or eye 1, having the centrallongitudinal opening 2, of sufiicient length to allow the hook to have aplay therein, and the tongue which extends from the inner fixed end ofthe base-piece or eye, and which is bent or turned forwardly over thetop of the opening, and which has its front end projected beyond thefront end of the base-piece or eye, combined with a Witnesses:

JOHN B. CLAPP, WM. E. DISBROW.

